^^^ I'm guessing green frog pollywogs? or bullfrog? anyone know?
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^^^ I'm guessing green frog pollywogs? or bullfrog? anyone know?
The clue is in my address. These are European common frog (Rana temporaria) tadpoles (sadly now less common than they used to be). The picture is not of a pond but a river bank. The tadpoles are separated from the main river by a tiny sand bar and a few reeds. I hope some survive. The obvious threats are flood or drought, birds feed in the shallows (a couple of ducks moved away as I approached), trout patrol the deeper river and cattle trample the banks.Quote:
Originally Posted by monadnocky
Wood frog in wood chips. One of our more terrestrial (versus aquatic) frogs. Along with the gray tree frog, they create a nice woodland chorus in the spring. This one was taking advantage of my tree watering routine to get a bit of a shower. Hopped out of the grass onto the mulch around the tree when I turned the water on. It is very dry here. No real rainfall for weeks.
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I was actually weedeating when I bumped the fern it was on with my leg. It flared it's wings out like it was ready to stand its ground and fight. It wasn't going anywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
Crazy looking critter, by the way. Its body was hairy like a big spider.
Paul Jacobs, thanks for that picture. As a kid, after school, I'd pull on rubber boots, grab a butter dish, and head for the little swampy pond next to our driveway. It was usually black with pollywogs, then fewer pollywogs with legs, then frogs, and it taught me things. It's as if the frog lifecycle was made for kids to observe.
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I went back to check on the tadpoles which generated a certain amount of interest
Keith's grandmother's peony
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Monarch's favorite...
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Chickens surfing the rock dust pile.
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Jorn, I can't remember if this has come up in the "bought some land" thread, but you have so much fun with those chickens, once you're done with the move and have settled in I hope you get a coop (a secure one, given the wildlife out there) and some chickens and guinea hens. Imagine - as may fresh eggs as you care to eat - and enough to share with the neighbors.Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
They are definitely much better than television. My main worry is that everything in the woods seems to eat chickens. Fishers, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, bears, red-tailed hawks, barred owls, etc. So seems likely they'd give new meaning to the words "bird feeder". But we may end up getting them anyway. The local "lawn & garden" gets all sorts of interesting breeds each spring, so it is only a matter of time I expect. "Look what followed me home!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Mabouya
No kitty cat this one...Quote:
Originally Posted by j44ke
To continue the amphibian theme......this is a Southwestern Woodhouse's toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii australis hanging out in the river rock landscaping at my back door. He's one of 4 that have taken up residence.
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Cactus flower on one of our plants around the yard.
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Great Barrington evidently experienced the dreaded bunny thunderstorm last night.
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That's no ordinary rabbit!